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Different Cash and Credit Card prices not allowed

Be informed: it is unlawful to charge or be charged two prices — a Cash Price and a Credit Card Price — for the same product.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya, in an interview with ABS-CBN’s Mornings@ANC, issued a reminder to establishments that the law forbids the imposition of additional charges on items purchased through credit cards.

Based on Article 81 of Republic Act 7394 (“Consumer Act of the Philippines”), goods and services must not be sold at a higher price that what is stated and without discrimination to all buyers.

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